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13-417: It is the seat of hot baths, located on Monte Reit in the frazione of Premadio. Valdidentro borders the following municipalities: Bormio , Grosio , Livigno , Müstair (Switzerland), Poschiavo (Switzerland), Santa Maria Val Müstair (Switzerland), Tschierv (Switzerland), Valdisotto , Zernez (Switzerland). [REDACTED] Media related to Valdidentro at Wikimedia Commons This article on

26-540: A broad glacial valley formed by the Adda River that flows down into Lake Como . It is linked to other valleys via four passes: Due to its thermal baths at Bagni Vecchi , Bagni Nuovi and Terme di Bormio , Bormio has long been a tourist attraction. Members of the Roman aristocracy already travelled to Bormio in order to enjoy warm baths in the mountainous scenery. Most of these thermal baths are still in use today. The town

39-550: A dead-heat tie with Hannes Reichelt in the downhill on the Pista Stelvio at Bormio . Aksel Lund Svindal was just one-hundredth of a second behind for third, and Klaus Kröll was fourth, just one hundredth behind Svindal. It was the closest top-four finish in World Cup downhill history (0.02 of a second) and the first tie in a men's downhill in nearly 35 years (January 1978 ). Four weeks later, Paris firmly established himself as

52-505: A location in the Province of Sondrio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bormio Bormio ( Lombard : Bormi , Romansh : Buorm , German : Worms im Veltlintal ) is a town and comune with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio , Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy . The centre of the upper Valtellina valley, it

65-489: A top downhill racer on the circuit with a win at Kitzbühel on the classic Streif course. At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, Paris won the silver medal in the downhill , 0.46 seconds behind gold medalist Aksel Lund Svindal . Paris gained his first victory in super-G at Kitzbühel in 2015 and placed second in the downhill the next day. Two years later in  2017 , he won his second downhill on

78-569: Is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Bormio at Wikimedia Commons Dominik Paris Dominik Paris (born 14 April 1989) is an Italian alpine ski racer , who specializes in speed events of  super-G and downhill . He was the world champion in super-G , as the gold medalist in 2019 at Åre ,  Sweden . Paris made his World Cup debut in December 2008 and won his first World Cup race in late December 2012 in Italy,

91-644: Is a popular winter sports resort. It was the site of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1985 and 2005, and annually hosts the Alpine Ski World Cup . In addition to modern skiing facilities, the town is noted for the presence of several hot springs that have been tapped to provide water to three thermal baths . Bormio lies in the northeast of the Lombardy region at the top of the Valtellina,

104-584: Is centred on the historic Piazza Cavour and Via Roma, a historic main trading point on the route from Venice to Switzerland . Bormio retains its unique medieval town centre, attracting many tourists, mainly Italian, from Milan and other cities. It will host alpine skiing in the 2026 Winter Olympics . The village hosted the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships twice, in 1985 and 2005 , both cohosted with Santa Caterina di Valfurva . There are fifty kilometres (30 miles) of marked ski runs,

117-665: The 2019 season, after double victories at both Bormio and Kvitfjell , Paris added a double victory at the World Cup finals in Soldeu , where he won his first crystal globe, in the super-G . A month earlier, he won the gold medal in the same event at the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. Paris started the 2019–2020 season with runner-up finishes in the first two speed events at Lake Louise , Canada. On 27–28 December 2019 he won consecutive World Cup downhills in Bormio, becoming

130-525: The Streif course and in 2019 he concluded a "Hahnenkamm hat trick " with his third downhill win at Kitzbühel. This third victory ties him with Pirmin Zurbriggen , Luc Alphand , and Franz Heinzer as the third most successful downhill racer at Kitzbühel; only Franz Klammer , Karl Schranz (4x), and Didier Cuche (5x) won more often - but only few of them on the entire length of the original 'Streif' run. In

143-480: The World Cup race in December 2017 , the Stelvio started at an elevation of 2,255 m (7,398 ft), with a vertical drop of 1,010 m (3,314 ft) and course length of 3.27 km (2.03 mi). The winning time of Italian Dominik Paris was just under two minutes, yielding an average speed of 100.66 km/h (62.5 mph) and a vertical descent rate of over 8.6 metres (28 ft) per second. Bormio

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156-474: The first in history to achieve five downhill victories – four in a row – on the Stelvio course. In late January, three days after his first-ever podium on the classic Lauberhorn downhill, Paris suffered an ACL injury to his right knee during a training session, ending his season. As of December 2023 , he has 23 World Cup wins and 45 podiums. Dominik Paris is the singer of the metal band Rise of Voltage, from its foundation in 2017. The other members of

169-574: The longest run of which is 6 km (4 mi), served by fifteen lifts and several ski schools. Bormio is a regular stop on the World Cup circuit, usually with a men's downhill in late December. The Pista Stelvio, named after Stelvio Pass , is one of the most challenging downhill courses in the world; it is second-longest on the World Cup circuit, behind only the Lauberhorn in Wengen , Switzerland . For

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